in the western states heavy rains caused a river to overflow. indian officials anticipate the number of victims to rise. they're dealing with many regions that lack proper flood control measures and they say they can't assess the total

damage due to the construction of roads and communication. government leaders in neighboring pakistan say 118 people have been killed as of monday. about 800,000 people are being affected by the constant rain and landslides. heavy downpours also hit china. video taken sunday in shanxi province shows a road along a river had collapsed and several cars nearly fell into the water. nine tourists were carried away by a flood. rescue workers in myanmar are also dealing with severe flooding. officials say they confirmed 46 deaths. afp news agency says more than 200,000 people have been affected. authorities declared the four worst hit areas in northern and western myanmar national disaster affected regions. a state run english language newspaper is reporting that landslides have destroyed 700

buildings in the capital of chin state in the north. rescue crews need some relief from the weather. we are joined now from the weather desk. >> the good news i can give you is that it's not a cyclonic system anymore. as you can see, lots of rain clouds here because the southwestern monsoonal flow is very much intense. as for the relief taking place, maybe some inland locations but the western coast still will be looking at extensive amounts of damage. this is the past few days. they've already received 600 to even 700 millimeters of ra in the past seven days across myanmar. now we're looking at more rainfall because the low pressure system is pulling a lot of that moisture and the ex-cyclone is now sitting there. he's also fueling that moisture

from the ridge of the system and making for the development of rain clouds. this is another area where heavy rain warnings are in place. yet again, monsoonal flow will be making it for lots of rain to continue to pound the area. so the flooding and landslide threats will continue. this is the forecast for the next few days. mumbai looking at level rainfall continues. >> thank you very much. she'll join us later on in the program with more on world weather. >> on to other news, the head of the opposition party sat down with south korean's president and says he appears to be optimistic about the future. [speaking foreign language]. >> translator: the meeting was excellent. i felt the eagerness to improve japan, south korean relations. >> democratic party of japan leader met him at the presidential office on monday in

soul. the two nations are marking the 50th anniversary of the start of diplomatic ties. pack referred to the 19 5 statement issued, which expressed heart-felt remorse and apologies for japan's past rule and objection. expressed by predecessors, then by lateral relations would become future oriented. he ex and spected to issue a statement this month to mark the 70th year. pak said there will be a meeting if leaders overcome issues one by one. the issues of those referred to by comfort women. he hopes a better solution will be found as they try to meet half way. he says pak stress that a better

resolution of the issue will contribute to stable by lateral relations. china's foreign minister has issued a warning that some observers say has aimed the at the united states not to interfere in the south china sea territorial disputes. yee spoke in singapore of meeting the prime minister. he didn't mention the u.s. by name but reiterated china's stance. >> the general situation in the south china sea at present is stable. this is not come easily and china is steadfastly committed to working with the parties to maintain the current situations. we will never allow any country to destabilize the south china sea. >> a series of regional distugss will take place this week, starting with tuesday's meeting. on thursday, they will be joined from counter parts from the u.s., japan and china. the agenda is expected to include the reclamation in the

south china sea. many of china's neighbors and japan and the u.s. have expressed concern about the reclamations. students from all over asia have gathered a at summer camp to learn about leadership. 80 participants will study and discuss global issues at a university in china. students kicked off the program monday on a campus in the eastern chinese city. participants include japanese, south koreans, indians and chinese studying in japan. the camp was proposed and funded by a hong kong business person educated in japan. hoping to foster future asian leaders. they attended a lecture from a major u.s. financial firm. now members will hear from experts on the environment, ageing populations and other global issues. the students will have debates meant to raise cross cultural awareness. >> translator: in the future, i

want to help improve relations between china and japan, as well as other parts of asia. >> translator: i expect to experience different values and gain an understanding of each other. i hope this will establish relationships that are useful in the future. >> the summer camp will last for three weeks. the stock exchange in athens reopened monday after a five-week shut down due to capital controls. >> market players rushed in as we haven't seen any stock trading in greece for sometime now but when investors return monday, they had one thought in mind and that was to sell. the main stock index plunged more than 20% at one point. the government decided to reopen the market after it agreed with other eurozone nations last month to start negotiations on a new bailout. the main athens stock index

closed with heavy losses down 16.2%. banks resumed over the counter services on july 20th but strict cash withdraw limits remain in place. now new york stocks ended monday more than 90 points lower on u.s. manufacturiing cast a sh shadow. doe joins finished at 17,598 and new york crude oil dropped to the lowest level in about 4.5 months triggering a surge of sell orders of energy related shares. market watchers say manufacturing in china also fell short of analyst predictions adding to investor's cautious stance. shoppers in japan were busy in july and many didn't mind paying full price. five major japanese department stores saw higher sales after avoiding price cutting even

during the summer bargain season. a 7% rise in sales from a year earlier, daimaru posted a 6.2% increase and hankyu had a 5.2% rise and sogo and seibu was up 4. 9%. snatched up merchandise in ushen areas. the boom was a factor behind sales of high-end watches and luxury brands. japan's i.t. industry is expanding at a fast pace but the engineers can't keep up with the demand. many companies are scouting for talentover seas and finaling the skilled professionals they need in vietnam. >> reporter: in the vietnamese

city, a government-sponsored program is underway to near tour i.t. engineers. this university offers computer programming course. officials open 80% of the graduates will land jobs outside vietnam. i.t. companies here are growing quickly thanks to government support. japan companies like this one behind me are trying to fill the gap by hiring qualified vote th vietnamese workers. this company develops software. it has over 200 japanese workers. the company offers lessons to the workers.

[speaking foreign language]. >> by 2018, the company plans to train 10,000 engineers and disburse some of them to japan. >> translator: japan is the most important market. we have sales in japan to $2 million in two years. >> he flew to vietnam on a recruiting mission. he can't find all the engineers he needs in japan. he held a briefing session for university students. they were majoring in i.t. related fields and studying

japanese. he interviewed all the students to get an idea of their technical potential and personality. >> translator: i'm studying big data. if possible, i'd like to land a job related to that. >> once students came out, he had one of the best academic record and showed promise. >> let's ask him to come to japan. he'll probably do an out standing job. he's an extremely strong candidate. thank you for your support. i want mr. bao to come work in

japan. >> businesses have to act fast to snap up the limited supply of engineering talent. >> translator: i'm very happy. i can't believe i got the offer. i want to be able to speak japanese and develop my i.t. engineering skills. >> our company plans to set up branchs in many southeast asian countries so i hope he will serve as a bridge between them. i want him to work as a project manager or assume a similar level of responsibility. >> businesses around the world are scrambling to hire capable engineers. as demand heats up, vietnam is increasing the efforts to cultivate international i.t. professional

professionals. >> that's all for business news. a u.s. war plane dropped a bomb on hiroshima on august 6th, 1945. 300,000 people died due to the direct effects of the attack or aftermath. many spent their lives hiding what they went through. one man who endured the attack now wants his voice to be heard. nhk world reports. he goes to the atomic dome every day and brings structures that he made. the 74-year-old survivor talks to visitors about the city and

shares the stories of the people who lived through it. [speaking foreign language]. >> translator: i know it's a little thing, but people from many countries stop by. i'm sure my story will spread if those who visit tell others or hand it down to the next generation. >> on the morning of august 6th, he was plflying. suddenly he heard a roar and saw a flash, then a crowd spread across the sky. his mother was downtown close to the epicenter. she was injured but survived his

father died in china while serving in the army. after the war the bereaved family moved from place to place. they found that people from there were often shunned. some believed they carried disease. the reactions of their neighbors hurt the brothers. they worried they would have problems finding jobs and getting married. >> my mother sat my brothers and me down one day and said never tell anyone we were exposed to radiation. she ordered us to keep silent about the bombing. >> he refused to apply for certification even though it would entitle the family to free medical care. 23 years after the bombing, she died of cancer of the uterus. the family believed the cancer was caused by radiation.

shortly before her death, she said she hoped her newborn grandson wouldotuffer the kind of anguish she had endured. after their mother died, he and his brothers decided to get the certification. they thought it was time to finally face the facts. >> translator: it was such a heavy cross to bear. it was tough to hide. i felt as though the burden was lifted when i got my certificate. >> he became a stained glass maker after he retired. he decided to make objects to commemorate but he and others went through. he recently completed the two models depicting the dome before and after the bombing. working on this project enabled

him to speak about his ordeal in public. [speaking foreign language]. >> he now wants to share his desire for peace and an end to a nuclear weapon with as many people as possible. >> very important and we have all these testimonies, all those stories and the stories of people. >> he feels it's his responsibility as one of the last remaining survivors to talk about what happened. and he wants to honor his mother's struggle. >> the war will never end for us. even after 70 years as long as we live in fear of the long-term health effects and remain in the

shadow of the bomb. >> as he stands beside the symbol of the horrific event, he remains resolved to prevent such suffering from ever happening again. our special coverage, the war 70 years on will continue throughout the summer. >> an unprecedented skill, millions of lives lost. and 70 years later, few who survived world war ii remain alive. japan is the only country to have been attacked with atom make bombs. how can it's people learn the harrowing lessons to help promote peace? don't miss our special coverage, the war 70 years on. on to other stories we're

following, an aid to japanese prime minister has apologized in the diet for his remarks on government proposed security bills. he said last month that legal stability is not an issue in terms of how the constitution is interpret interpreted. he with drew remarks rejected calms to resign. >> i recognized that constitutionality and legal stability are secured in the proposed legislation. i deeply regret causing serious misunderstanding by using the expression that legal stability doesn't matter. >> he was called to an upper house committee deliberating the bills. the legislation would expand the role of the forces and allow japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. he says he'll continue to do his utmost as an advisor to the

prime minister. the secretary general of the ruling liberal democratic party says it is important for government officials to give full explanations. he says they tend to stress what they want to say and lack sufficient explanation on other points. the secretary general of the largest opposition democratic party says he wasn't convinced he recognizes the importance of legal stability. he says prime minister should be held responsible for apointing him as an exchange firm may have inflated his balance by the tens of millions of dollars. he did so by manipulating the commuter system. police last saturday arrested mark capallies. they apprehended him on padding

the account balance by 1 million but believe the account could be higher. they searched his residence in tokyo. he's reportedly denying the charges. the company's computer system allows clients to check their account balance but not the volume of exchange transactions. this may have allowed him to hide his actions. authorities suspect he misused his access to the system to continuously inflate his account balance. >> as we've been reporting, people in inland china are dealing with major flooding but residents in the forth west are experiencing severe weather. >> that's exactly right. we have been talking about the floods across parts of china and also southeastern areas of eastern continental asia, however, there is another landslide that took place. we have significant amounts of rainfall across this area. this is qinghai province and

triggered a severe landslide out of northwestern china that gives way. reports was the large crack was heard when large rocks came falling down. the good news is there are no injuries reported within the 20 hours of repair took place. on other good news, the area is not impacted with precipitation. the system moved towards the east and the boundary crawled to northeastern choir sina. heavy drops of significant rainfall has been reported in the past 24 hours. 200 millimeters. that will continue there. and also, due to the stationary boundary just formed towards the north, it's pulling humidity so the heat index level will be hyatt again. these are the reported high

temperatures marked 37.9 degrees in kyoto. in fact, we have report of about 1200 people have been carried to the hospital yesterday due to heat exhaustion and heat stroke and report of one person who died from it. so the dangerous heat unfortunately will be continuing. tokyo at 35 degrees for the forecast, if it does hit this temperature, it's going to be the fifth consecutive day which will be the historical record and shanghai 38 degrees. so there is not relief in sight with the heat. talking about the heat, the water temperature is quite warm. the surface temperature above 30 degrees, which is developing this system, which is now a violent typhoon. it did strike and these are pictures coming out from the locations extreme damage. the government called it for a disaster and significant emergency in place on monday. flying debris also from the storm briefed a fuel storage

tank causing thousands of gallons of gasoline to spill into a containment area around the tank and we're still looking at this system that will be pulling in towards taiwan. it's going to be about 900. it will be a developing one. people should be aware of this storm system. a quick look here, we're likely to see severe thunderstorms develop across parts of the new england states, new york, d.c. and boston and the pod cast and i'll leave you with the extended forecast.

we have one more story to share before we go. a summer festival has lit up the night sky over japan's northern part. there were huge paper lanterns.

the lanterns are made to resemble japanese castles. the largest towered over people at 24 meters. it's the highlights marking the star festival. people work together to pull the heavy displays up and down a one kilometer root and provided festive music on flutes and drums. the lanterns were covered with illustrations. >> translator: it's surprisingly big. it's amazing and so impressive. >> certainly a fun way to beat the summer heat and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

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